John Stokvis
@johnstokvis.com
does Product at Outschool. formerly at Indiegogo, Twitter, Groupon
a captain at sea
a captain at sea
I’d make this trade any day
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’d make this trade any day
Michael Keaton reboot: Multiblipcity
May 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Michael Keaton reboot: Multiblipcity
Alt text won't be able to do it justice, but the italicization in this section makes @chuckwendig.bsky.social's point best.
Generative AI is not writing. If you want to see what writing looks like, check this out.
This is writing with a capital WRITE.
Generative AI is not writing. If you want to see what writing looks like, check this out.
This is writing with a capital WRITE.
May 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Alt text won't be able to do it justice, but the italicization in this section makes @chuckwendig.bsky.social's point best.
Generative AI is not writing. If you want to see what writing looks like, check this out.
This is writing with a capital WRITE.
Generative AI is not writing. If you want to see what writing looks like, check this out.
This is writing with a capital WRITE.
Be wary of taking parenting advice from anyone, esp someone on the internet, but @visakanv.com is speaking to the “Not sure I’m ready” question.
Whatever you think your limitations are, you’re probably wrong. Parenting shows you reserves of strength, grace, and patience you didn’t know you had.
Whatever you think your limitations are, you’re probably wrong. Parenting shows you reserves of strength, grace, and patience you didn’t know you had.
May 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Be wary of taking parenting advice from anyone, esp someone on the internet, but @visakanv.com is speaking to the “Not sure I’m ready” question.
Whatever you think your limitations are, you’re probably wrong. Parenting shows you reserves of strength, grace, and patience you didn’t know you had.
Whatever you think your limitations are, you’re probably wrong. Parenting shows you reserves of strength, grace, and patience you didn’t know you had.
i'm sorry or you're welcome
April 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
i'm sorry or you're welcome
Most software interfaces do something close to this, highlighting one choice with a different color
However, there's a subtle distinction:
- the software version signifies what the software maker wants you to do
- the real world version signifies what others in your situation have done
However, there's a subtle distinction:
- the software version signifies what the software maker wants you to do
- the real world version signifies what others in your situation have done
March 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Most software interfaces do something close to this, highlighting one choice with a different color
However, there's a subtle distinction:
- the software version signifies what the software maker wants you to do
- the real world version signifies what others in your situation have done
However, there's a subtle distinction:
- the software version signifies what the software maker wants you to do
- the real world version signifies what others in your situation have done
There’s a throughline in these 3 seemingly disparate @visakanv.com tweets: specificity.
Lots of latent fears prevent people from being specific:
- of loneliness
- of rejection
- of failure
Counterintuitively the opposite is true.
Specificity makes connection, acceptance, and success more likely.
Lots of latent fears prevent people from being specific:
- of loneliness
- of rejection
- of failure
Counterintuitively the opposite is true.
Specificity makes connection, acceptance, and success more likely.
March 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There’s a throughline in these 3 seemingly disparate @visakanv.com tweets: specificity.
Lots of latent fears prevent people from being specific:
- of loneliness
- of rejection
- of failure
Counterintuitively the opposite is true.
Specificity makes connection, acceptance, and success more likely.
Lots of latent fears prevent people from being specific:
- of loneliness
- of rejection
- of failure
Counterintuitively the opposite is true.
Specificity makes connection, acceptance, and success more likely.
@jonbois.bsky.social not watching baseball
March 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
@jonbois.bsky.social not watching baseball
A gaggle gone gaga over Goggins gather in the Gogg-gang, agog.
March 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A gaggle gone gaga over Goggins gather in the Gogg-gang, agog.
The @skokielibrary.bsky.social makes me happy every time I step inside.
Look how the shelves are arranged. Covers out!
Yeah yeah, it would more efficient to arrange them spine out, but look at them!
I bet so many more people grab them of the shelves
Look how the shelves are arranged. Covers out!
Yeah yeah, it would more efficient to arrange them spine out, but look at them!
I bet so many more people grab them of the shelves
March 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The @skokielibrary.bsky.social makes me happy every time I step inside.
Look how the shelves are arranged. Covers out!
Yeah yeah, it would more efficient to arrange them spine out, but look at them!
I bet so many more people grab them of the shelves
Look how the shelves are arranged. Covers out!
Yeah yeah, it would more efficient to arrange them spine out, but look at them!
I bet so many more people grab them of the shelves
Any other Tom Lehrer nerds out there?
March 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Any other Tom Lehrer nerds out there?
It’s the star for me.
It’s misshaped for some reason (italicized???), compared to the Texas flag which it’s probably referencing.
It’s not like they did it to align with the styling of the H. There’s a curve at the bottom of the point on the H which screws up the kerning between the H and ⭐️.
It’s misshaped for some reason (italicized???), compared to the Texas flag which it’s probably referencing.
It’s not like they did it to align with the styling of the H. There’s a curve at the bottom of the point on the H which screws up the kerning between the H and ⭐️.
January 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It’s the star for me.
It’s misshaped for some reason (italicized???), compared to the Texas flag which it’s probably referencing.
It’s not like they did it to align with the styling of the H. There’s a curve at the bottom of the point on the H which screws up the kerning between the H and ⭐️.
It’s misshaped for some reason (italicized???), compared to the Texas flag which it’s probably referencing.
It’s not like they did it to align with the styling of the H. There’s a curve at the bottom of the point on the H which screws up the kerning between the H and ⭐️.
Noticing some throughlines between @jamellebouie.net , @isabelwilkerson.bsky.social , and Geo. Washington today
(I’d tag that last guy but he’s not on here yet)
(I’d tag that last guy but he’s not on here yet)
December 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Noticing some throughlines between @jamellebouie.net , @isabelwilkerson.bsky.social , and Geo. Washington today
(I’d tag that last guy but he’s not on here yet)
(I’d tag that last guy but he’s not on here yet)
A religious experience.
And a very “I’ll have what she’s having” expression on the face of the girl sitting next to her
And a very “I’ll have what she’s having” expression on the face of the girl sitting next to her
December 18, 2024 at 1:22 PM
A religious experience.
And a very “I’ll have what she’s having” expression on the face of the girl sitting next to her
And a very “I’ll have what she’s having” expression on the face of the girl sitting next to her
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anyway back to the winners in the post-internet world...
the reasons both sides of the smiling curve take all the value is because of the different ways they exploit the leverage the internet gives them
anyway back to the winners in the post-internet world...
the reasons both sides of the smiling curve take all the value is because of the different ways they exploit the leverage the internet gives them
December 17, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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anyway back to the winners in the post-internet world...
the reasons both sides of the smiling curve take all the value is because of the different ways they exploit the leverage the internet gives them
anyway back to the winners in the post-internet world...
the reasons both sides of the smiling curve take all the value is because of the different ways they exploit the leverage the internet gives them
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the idea of the smiling curve was first articulated by one of the founders of Acer, Stan Shih to describe how two sides of value chain in PCs (creation and marketing) had all the leverage (and would reap all the profits) vs. the middle (manufacturing) which would get squeezed
the idea of the smiling curve was first articulated by one of the founders of Acer, Stan Shih to describe how two sides of value chain in PCs (creation and marketing) had all the leverage (and would reap all the profits) vs. the middle (manufacturing) which would get squeezed
December 17, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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the idea of the smiling curve was first articulated by one of the founders of Acer, Stan Shih to describe how two sides of value chain in PCs (creation and marketing) had all the leverage (and would reap all the profits) vs. the middle (manufacturing) which would get squeezed
the idea of the smiling curve was first articulated by one of the founders of Acer, Stan Shih to describe how two sides of value chain in PCs (creation and marketing) had all the leverage (and would reap all the profits) vs. the middle (manufacturing) which would get squeezed
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it can make a little more sense in graph form:
the x-axis roughly means size or cost structure or position in the value chain
the y-axis roughly means value captured, profit made, or simple "leverage"
it's called the smiling curve, for obvious reasons
😁
it can make a little more sense in graph form:
the x-axis roughly means size or cost structure or position in the value chain
the y-axis roughly means value captured, profit made, or simple "leverage"
it's called the smiling curve, for obvious reasons
😁
December 17, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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it can make a little more sense in graph form:
the x-axis roughly means size or cost structure or position in the value chain
the y-axis roughly means value captured, profit made, or simple "leverage"
it's called the smiling curve, for obvious reasons
😁
it can make a little more sense in graph form:
the x-axis roughly means size or cost structure or position in the value chain
the y-axis roughly means value captured, profit made, or simple "leverage"
it's called the smiling curve, for obvious reasons
😁
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I'm more interested in leverage in the sense that Archimedes (supposedly) used it:
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
I'm more interested in leverage in the sense that Archimedes (supposedly) used it:
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
December 16, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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I'm more interested in leverage in the sense that Archimedes (supposedly) used it:
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
I'm more interested in leverage in the sense that Archimedes (supposedly) used it:
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
That long forgotten poke button was actually a really nice distillation of how to be on the internet.
The things you poke, poke back.
The things you poke, poke back.
December 14, 2024 at 3:31 PM
That long forgotten poke button was actually a really nice distillation of how to be on the internet.
The things you poke, poke back.
The things you poke, poke back.
Give me the final moment of Flat Pack any day.
"Ah, this is heaven!"
😭
"Ah, this is heaven!"
😭
December 12, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Give me the final moment of Flat Pack any day.
"Ah, this is heaven!"
😭
"Ah, this is heaven!"
😭